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The spark that ignited tea party wrath in 2008 was not such right-wing bugaboos as "Obamacare," the federal deficit, or states' rights, which were added on later by Koch-created front groups. Rather, the uprising sprang directly from the public's raw outrage over Washington's flagrant coddling of Wall Street banksters.
Congress chooses to keep poisoning children
Thursday, March 1, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Yes, we certainly need to cut unnecessary and even frivolous federal spending, because… well, because it's unnecessary and frivolous.
So, Congress has targeted unnecessary oil subsidies and frivolous tax giveaways to... [read more]
Congress' nine percent
Friday, January 6, 2012 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Congress: How small-minded is it? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is it?
... [read more]
The coldest cut of all
Monday, December 19, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Scrooge was a nasty old miser, but even he came to see the soul-destroying evil of his ways and found redemption in the end. One wonders though – is there any hope for the Scrooges... [read more]
The "big stick" of people power
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Getting Congress to act on behalf of the People's interest – especially when it requires members to take a firm stand against the moneyed interests – can't be done by saying "pretty please." Congress is... [read more]
Congress' nine percent
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Congress: How small-minded is it? How tangled-up in a right-wing ideological knot is it? How subservient to corporate lobbyists is it?
... [read more]
Playing politics with humanitarian aid
Monday, October 3, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
"You saw the House act," snapped Rep. Eric Cantor. Yeah, act like a petulant four-year-old!
The GOP's House majority leader has long been a whiney ideological brat who stamps his tiny... [read more]
Playing Washington's inside game
Thursday, September 29, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Do you know any of the dozen Congress critters who're on the superpowerful deficit-reduction supercommittee? I don't mean do you know their names, but do you really know them – know them well enough that... [read more]
The privileged v. the poor
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
At last, Republicans in Washington have recognized that class war is ravaging poor and middle-class families all across our land.
Oh, wait – my mistake. GOP Congress critters are not expressing... [read more]
Who's in the room with the supercommittee?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | Posted by Jim Hightower
And then there were twelve.
When the 435 House members and 100 senators failed in July to agree on a longterm deficit reduction plan, the leaders did what they often... [read more]
Congress: America needs more financial fraud
In this time of "The Great Hurt" – with widespread unemployment, middle-class incomes tumbling, and the price of gasoline skyrocketing – I think we can all agree on the first thing that Washington needs to... [read more]